Hair-clamp.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903.

W. J. KOENIG.. HAIRCLAMP.

APPLIoATIoN FILED AUG. zo, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented .Tune 30, 1903.

WILLIAM J. KOENIG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-CLAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming' part O` Letters Patent Np. 732,566, dated J' une 30, 1903.

Application filed August 20I 1902. Serial No. 120,340. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. KOENIG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city ot New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hair-Clamp, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide means for holding the end of a braid of hair to prevent the braid from becoming unlaid or to hold a loose bunch of hair in form.

To this endl the device comprises a novel form 0f clamp in which the hair is held tightly without entangling the hair in the clamp.

This specification is a specific description of one form of the invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a face View of the clamp, showing it applied. Fig. 2 is a view showing the inside or rear of the clamp in applied position, and Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe clamp.

The clamp comprises a face-plate a, which is formed, preferably, of metal. In practice this plate may be constructed of precious metal and set with a jewel after the manner illustrated in the drawings. Said face-plate is curved or arch-shaped, so as to lie snugly around the bunch of hair, and has secured thereto in any suitable manner-for example, by cementing or gluing-a lining b, of some flexible material. This material is preferably felt or other like fabric, and said lining is extended beyond the ends of the face-plate, so as to be capable of wrappin g aroundthe inside of the braid with its ends overlapped, as shown in Fig. 2.

Fastened to one end of the face-plate a is a headed pin or stud c, which projects outward therefrom and is adapted to be engaged by a link d, which link is permanently fastened to a loop of elastic materiale. The loop of elastic material e is connected to the end of the face-plate opposite the end having the stud c. The link d carries'a pendent link f, which serves as a finger-piece to be grasped and scope thereof.

by the operator and to facilitate engaging the link with the stud.

In the use of the invention the face-plate is laid over the outside of the braid, and the lining b is passed around the inner side. .Then

the linger-piece f is grasped and the elastic e is stretched so that the link d may be engaged with the stud c. Then upon releasing the finger-piece f the elastic e exerts a steady pressure on the lining b, pressing the same snugly and firmly against the hair. By this means the hair is firmly clamped and held in proper arrangement. It will be observed that the flexible fabric lining b completely surrounds the hair and alone engages it, so that there is no danger of the hair becomingentangled in other parts of the device. It will also be apparent that when the device is in use the face-plate a alone is visible, the elastic c'and the meeting ends of the lining h lying at the inner Side of the braid 0r bunch of hair and being therefore not ordinarily visible. The device therefore presents a very attractive appearance and may serve eectively as an article of jewelry.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A hair-clamp, comprising a curved faceplate of relatively rigid material adapted to extend transversely across the back of the hair braid and partly around the sides thereof, an elastic connection permanently fastened to one end of the face-plate and capable of removable connection with the other end, said connection lying out of view at the front of the braid and serving to hold the face-plate in position, and a continuous fabric lining secured along the inner side of the face-plate and having its ends extended around the front of the braid underthe said elastic con-v nection and overlapped at the front of the braid, for the purpose specified.

2. A hair-clamp, comprising a face-plate of relatively rigid-material curved to embrace IOO the hair braid at the back and sides thereof, an elastic connection fastened to one end of the face-plate and extending around the front of the braid, a stud on the other end of the face-plate, a link attached to the free end of said elastic connection and adapted to be en- ,Iaged With the stud, and a continuous fabric lining secured along the inner side of the face plate and having its ends extended around the front of the braid under the said elastic connection and overlapped at the front of the braid, for the purpose specified.

3. A hair-clamp comprising an elongated face-plate ot' relatively rigid material curved longitudinally and adapted to extend transversely of the hair braid across the back and 

